De'Longhi Magnifica Bean to Cup Espresso/Cappuccino Maker £199

Ballyv24 · 17-03-2016 11:04am

This machine is one of Amazon's deals of the day today.

225GBP

illdoit2morrow · 15-04-2016 11:47pm

Has anyone got their machine serviced since purchasing?

Mine is making some louder than usual sounds when making coffee the last while. Also the amount of water seems to be greater on the same settings.

I've descaled regularly so I don't think that's the issue. There appears to be only one place in ROI that service them. Has anyone used Kenilworth electrical for a service or anywhere else?

unkel · 16-04-2016 8:21pm

illdoit2morrow wrote: »

Has anyone got their machine serviced since purchasing?

Nope. Machine still working as new (after about 2000 coffees made)

Nothing stuck in the grinder? Try setting up the grinding / strength from scratch (I know it took me at least 10 goes to get it right when I bought it)

Might want to check out the price of a whole mechanism, I believe DeLonghi have used the same one for many different machines over many years. Could be cheaper than a service

If it was me, I'd just keep using it until it breaks down and then decide...

keith_d99 · 16-04-2016 9:14pm

I have used them for a warranty issue ... Not a nice bunch to deal with ... Didn't seem too knowledgeable pretty rude and in the end I sorted the issue myself.

As the above poster has suggested .. Try sort it yourself

illdoit2morrow wrote: »

Has anyone got their machine serviced since purchasing?

Mine is making some louder than usual sounds when making coffee the last while. Also the amount of water seems to be greater on the same settings.

I've descaled regularly so I don't think that's the issue. There appears to be only one place in ROI that service them. Has anyone used Kenilworth electrical for a service or anywhere else?

T-Maxx · 16-04-2016 9:18pm

Hardly anything is worth repairing, or can be repaired, nowadays.

illdoit2morrow · 17-04-2016 1:21pm

keith_d99 wrote: »

I have used them for a warranty issue ... Not a nice bunch to deal with ... Didn't seem too knowledgeable pretty rude and in the end I sorted the issue myself.

As the above poster has suggested .. Try sort it yourself

I did a bit of googling and it sounds like the same 'noise' has happened for other people. A possible solution is to lubricate part of the machine and see how it goes, i hope to give this a go later today.

gizmo555 · 17-04-2016 1:40pm

illdoit2morrow wrote: »

Has anyone used Kenilworth electrical for a service or anywhere else?

keith_d99 wrote: »

I have used them for a warranty issue ... Not a nice bunch to deal with ... Didn't seem too knowledgeable pretty rude and in the end I sorted the issue myself.

I've used Kenilworth to have repairs done to my De Longhi machine and I must say my experience was the opposite of Keith's - I found them fine to deal with and they sorted out my problem.

Barr · 04-06-2016 1:14am

Back on offer again , this time £219

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0036TDF6I/ref=gbps_img_s-3_5227_0b24b851?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=899825227&pf_rd_s=slot-3&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=4ACS8CDKD6AGYMG98CJ5

Hococop · 04-06-2016 7:27am

Barr wrote: »

Back on offer again , this time £219

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0036TDF6I/ref=gbps_img_s-3_5227_0b24b851?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=899825227&pf_rd_s=slot-3&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=4ACS8CDKD6AGYMG98CJ5

Is there a difference between the silver (4200) and black (4000b) does anyone know?

Barr · 04-06-2016 9:11am

Hococop wrote: »

Is there a difference between the silver (4200) and black (4000b) does anyone know?

They look the same apart from the colour.

Hococop · 04-06-2016 10:09am

Barr wrote: »

They look the same apart from the colour.

Yeah thinking the same, just weird they have different numbers

longshanks · 04-06-2016 10:36am

I have the silver one, would recommend it to anyone looking to buy a decent bean to cup machine.

unkel · 04-06-2016 11:02am

+1 Bought this over 2 years ago and it hasn't missed a beat. Several thousand cups of coffee made.

Hococop · 04-06-2016 12:30pm

unkel wrote: »

+1 Bought this over 2 years ago and it hasn't missed a beat. Several thousand cups of coffee made.

You buy the black or silver one unkel ?

unkel · 04-06-2016 1:14pm

Mine's the silver one. Makes no difference though, they all have the same internal mechanism. Even the €1000 ones

Hococop · 04-06-2016 1:52pm

unkel wrote: »

Mine's the silver one. Makes no difference though, they all have the same internal mechanism. Even the €1000 ones

Yeah was trying to compare the silver and black one, specs seem the same, black one is a bit smaller other than that they are similar, think I'll bite the bullet and buy it after work

unkel · 04-06-2016 2:13pm

Go for it, you won't be sorry! Probably save you a fortune too if you are regularly drinking coffee when you are out :cool:

longshanks · 04-06-2016 3:10pm

I'll second what unkel said. One of the best investments I ever made.

caviardreams · 04-06-2016 3:15pm

longshanks wrote: »

I'll second what unkel said. One of the best investments I ever made.

Thirded!

2 years old this month.

onform · 04-06-2016 3:21pm

caviardreams wrote: »

Thirded! 2 years old this month.

Fourthed. 2 years plus with no problems. Just do the bit of maintenance as per the manual (Clean the diffuser, descale). And discount coffee is a good source for good value whole coffee beans.

Hococop · 04-06-2016 5:30pm

Just bought it, cheers lads

unkel · 05-06-2016 12:27am

Welcome to our club. Enjoy your coffee

As onform said, discount coffee (dot ie) has great value for money whole beans. Buy in bulk, spend over €50 for free delivery and wait till you pick up one of their regular 10% discount codes

Drink excellent coffee at a fraction of high street / restaurant prices. That's a win in my book :cool:

Chardee MacDennis · 05-06-2016 9:28am

Missed this again dammit

ShiverinEskimo · 05-06-2016 10:12am

Jumped on this yesterday. Been looking for a decent machine for three years since we moved into a new house and this one was on the radar. Delighted to finally have it on the way now.

Hococop · 05-06-2016 5:38pm

unkel wrote: »

Welcome to our club. Enjoy your coffee

As onform said, discount coffee (dot ie) has great value for money whole beans. Buy in bulk, spend over €50 for free delivery and wait till you pick up one of their regular 10% discount codes

Drink excellent coffee at a fraction of high street / restaurant prices. That's a win in my book :cool:

Cheers unkel

, I've used discount coffee a few times for the monin and sweetbird syrups and its very good, any coffee beans you recommend?

caviardreams · 05-06-2016 5:45pm

Have to admit I have tried Discount Coffee (3 or 4 of the beans) and am not really a fan - the beans are grand, and pretty much on a par with what you get in a decent supermarket. In my view, you just can't beat freshly roasted beans, it makes a massive difference to the freshness and flavour and is worth paying extra for.

But for many people I imagine they are willing to compromise on flavour for the cheaper price - I can totally understand this. Just don't blame the machine if the coffee isn't as good as you expect - give the machine a go with some freshly roasted beans from the likes of ponaire, bell lane, 3fe, coffee mojo etc. before you judge it.

Rock Paper Scissors · 12-08-2016 12:38pm

Hey guys,

I have this machine about a year and absoloutely love it. I mainly use it to make espressos and americanos.

Now I want to learn how to make cappucinios.

I bought a frothing jug and a milk thermometer.

I posted the question on amazon answers asking "how to make a cappucino" with this machine and I got 5 different answers lol

I've tried various different settings etc but cant seem to get it right.

Can someone who owns this machine tell me how to make a nice cappucino please including:

* what settings to use for both knobs
* what size cup/glass to use
* should i put the coffee in 1st or the milk in 1st

Would love to have some feedback on how to make the perfect cappucino..

Thanks guys

RPS

ShiverinEskimo · 12-08-2016 4:20pm

The settings on the knobs are down to personal taste.

Use a mug for a cappucino. Set the left knob to half way or so to fill a third of your mug ish. Set the right knob according to how strong you want your coffee.

Put the mug under the nozzles and switch on - the warm up and rinse will warm up your mug. Empty the mug and wipe it clean and place it back.

Make the shot of coffee into the same warmed-up mug.

Pour enough milk in to fill a half of your mug. You can measure this out first if you like.

Hit the steamer button and when ready, dip the steamer nozzle just below the surface of your milk so that the steamer draws in the milk around it forming a kind of cycle.

Keep adjusting so the nozzle is just below the surface and the bubbles get smaller and smaller in the foam. This makes it a nice smooth foam.

When you have a good amount of foam and the temp is hitting 50 degrees. Put the nozzle further into the milk and to the side of the jug to heat the rest of the milk up to 65 degrees.

Tip the milk jug into the coffee so the liquid milk runs first. Fill up to two-thirds of your mug then stop pouring and use a spoon to scoop some foam out to fill up the final third of your mug.

Rock Paper Scissors · 12-08-2016 5:12pm

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply mate, I really really appreciate it

edit: do I press the single or double shot to make the cappucino?

ShiverinEskimo · 12-08-2016 5:25pm

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply mate, I really really appreciate it

edit: do I press the single or double shot to make the cappucino?

That's really up to you. If you want a strong cup, double shot it. If you want a really strong cup, double shot it and set the right hand knob to full.

Here's a handy guide to making the various types of coffees. When you're using the machine to make coffee and steam milk you mostly end up with coffee, hot milk and foam. How you distribute each of the ingredients into the mug dictates the type of coffee you've made.

Hococop · 12-08-2016 6:15pm

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

That's really up to you. If you want a strong cup, double shot it. If you want a really strong cup, double shot it and set the right hand knob to full.

Here's a handy guide to making the various types of coffees. When you're using the machine to make coffee and steam milk you mostly end up with coffee, hot milk and foam. How you distribute each of the ingredients into the mug dictates the type of coffee you've made.

Cheers for the info been struggling to use the steamer right, question what is the best type of milk to use, would full fat give a creamer taste I've the low fat/skimmed milk or is there any difference?

torregolf · 13-08-2016 5:43pm

I can't seem to make nice coffee from this machine. I've tried several different beans but coffee always tastes bitter in comparison to same beans used in another machine. Would really appreciate some advice. Tia

ShiverinEskimo · 13-08-2016 6:34pm

Where are you using the other machine? Same water supply? Could have limey water that's causing your coffee to become bitter.

ShiverinEskimo · 13-08-2016 6:35pm

Hococop wrote: »

Cheers for the info been struggling to use the steamer right, question what is the best type of milk to use, would full fat give a creamer taste I've the low fat/skimmed milk or is there any difference?

Really depends on your taste. If you order a normal cappucino and like it then go with full fat. If you order skinny caps and like them go with skimmed.

Cabaal · 16-08-2016 5:52pm

Def worth using camelcamelcamel for this, it dropped by over 80 GBP earlier today for only 10min
handy saving off the current price of 340

Wally Runs · 17-08-2016 5:00pm

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Really depends on your taste. If you order a normal cappucino and like it then go with full fat. If you order skinny caps and like them go with skimmed.

I have found (if you are using your machine at home) it is simpler to use the microwave and a milk wand. It makes less of a mess too!

Simply heat your milk in the microwave, whisk to you desired froth and add your coffee. Your cup is warmed in the process too.

If using the machine, you risk having milk splashed all over the place and also you have to let the machine/cool a bit before using it for making the coffee. I sometimes find in this time, the froth has gone off the milk.

Sure it is not as dramatic as the steam, but the final product is as good. If you want just froth you can spoon it off.

Do try Espresso con panna, use whipped cream either on top of the coffee or put the whipped cream in first and run the coffee through it.

The milk wand is also great for whipping small amounts of cream too.

ShiverinEskimo · 17-08-2016 5:04pm

Make the coffee first, then steam your milk.

Also, don't see the point in buying a coffee machine with a milk wand if you're just going to revert to the microwave where it's much more difficult to judge the temperature of the milk and risk scalding it.

Alan McG · 22-08-2016 8:52pm

Looks like the ESAM4200 just dropped to £200 on Amazon, a 3rd party seller. and seems to do free international shipping too!

amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-Espresso-Cappuccino-ESAM4200/dp/B001EOMZ5E

Wish I could justify buying one of these. I already own an electric drill attached to a ceramic burr grinder and 2 regular espresso machines (one in work, the other at home) and my fiancee would kill me if I got more coffee stuff.

Oh and does anyone know when I get link posting privileges? It says I can't post links because I'm a new user, but I've been here for over 7 years!

djdunny · 22-08-2016 10:01pm

Alan McG wrote: »

Looks like the ESAM4200 just dropped to £200 on Amazon, a 3rd party seller. and seems to do free international shipping too!

amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-Espresso-Cappuccino-ESAM4200/dp/B001EOMZ5E

Wish I could justify buying one of these. I already own an electric drill attached to a ceramic burr grinder and 2 regular espresso machines (one in work, the other at home) and my fiancee would kill me if I got more coffee stuff.

Oh and does anyone know when I get link posting privileges? It says I can't post links because I'm a new user, but I've been here for over 7 years!

Just checked this out and it looks like it would be coming from China. You would have to customs on it and the seller looks like he has no feedback. My gut is warning me off this.

To post links I think it's down to the amount of posts you have rather than the amount of time you've been here.

Cabaal · 25-08-2016 7:52pm

No chance I'd buy this from a third party seller,
You're much better off sticking for amazon for such an expensive item, especially if it goes defective

podgeandrodge · 26-08-2016 7:36pm

I've ordered this - the De'Longhi Magnifica ECAM 22.110 - for only €299 plus €10 delivery on Amazon Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00400OMU0/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2

It's €360 on Amazon France and nearer to €400 on Amazon UK so the Amazon Germany is a very good deal.

From what I gather it's actually a better model than the ESAM4200 being discussed on here.

Looking forward to some good coffee!

djdunny · 27-08-2016 11:10am

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I've ordered this - the De'Longhi Magnifica ECAM 22.110 - for only €299 plus €10 delivery on Amazon Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00400OMU0/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2

It's €360 on Amazon France and nearer to €400 on Amazon UK so the Amazon Germany is a very good deal.

From what I gather it's actually a better model than the ESAM4200 being discussed on here.

Looking forward to some good coffee!

Thanks for this. May I ask how you got delivery for 10 euro. Mine is showing at 21 euro for standard delivery.

NATLOR · 27-08-2016 11:21am

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I've ordered this - the De'Longhi Magnifica ECAM 22.110 - for only €299 plus €10 delivery on Amazon Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00400OMU0/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2

It's €360 on Amazon France and nearer to €400 on Amazon UK so the Amazon Germany is a very good deal.

From what I gather it's actually a better model than the ESAM4200 being discussed on here.

Looking forward to some good coffee!

I have this machine,got it about 8 months ago to replace a Philips Saeco.
I can highly recommend it,its used 8-10 times a day and hasn't missed a beat so far

podgeandrodge · 27-08-2016 6:16pm

djdunny wrote: »

Thanks for this. May I ask how you got delivery for 10 euro. Mine is showing at 21 euro for standard delivery.

Delivery to Parcel Motel i.e. UK Belfast address. Quicker delivery than Ireland.

However...BE WARNED! Treated as oversize item by Parcel Motel so had to collect at their north Dublin hub..

podgeandrodge · 28-08-2016 12:15pm

Set machine up.

Excellent coffee!

Didn't use filter and used 1st hard water setting as litmus test only had one box. From what I understand though, I'll have to descale it anyway at some point as the machine will insist on it even if it's fine (i.e. time limit) - is there anyway of avoiding this?

Zimmerframe · 28-08-2016 12:17pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

From what I understand though, I'll have to descale it anyway at some point as the machine will insist on it even if it's fine (i.e. time limit) - is there anyway of avoiding this?

It won't stop making coffee, it just puts on a little red light which you can ignore if you wish.

podgeandrodge · 28-08-2016 12:19pm

ahh great thanks.

The coffee out of this (the ECAM 22.110) is every bit as good as a takeaway. Using Ariosa beans.

Do-more · 29-08-2016 8:36pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I've ordered this - the De'Longhi Magnifica ECAM 22.110 - for only €299 plus €10 delivery on Amazon Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00400OMU0/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2

It's €360 on Amazon France and nearer to €400 on Amazon UK so the Amazon Germany is a very good deal.

From what I gather it's actually a better model than the ESAM4200 being discussed on here.

Looking forward to some good coffee!

By coincidence I also bought this machine at the weekend to replace my previous ESAM 04.110, the grinder of which had got damaged.

First big difference is the noise level of all operations the ECAM 22.110 is a massive improvement over the old machine, particularly for the grinding. I can now make coffee at 5.30am without waking the whole house up!

The new machine also brews coffee that is significantly hotter than that of my old machine.

Would recommend the 22.110 over the 04.110 (or 4200 which I had previously) any day.

onetwofourthree · 29-08-2016 9:15pm

Thanks for the tip - may be a stupid question, but do you need an adaptor for the power supply on this model?

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I've ordered this - the De'Longhi Magnifica ECAM 22.110 - for only €299 plus €10 delivery on Amazon Germany.

It's €360 on Amazon France and nearer to €400 on Amazon UK so the Amazon Germany is a very good deal.

From what I gather it's actually a better model than the ESAM4200 being discussed on here.

Looking forward to some good coffee!

podgeandrodge · 29-08-2016 9:51pm

onetwofourthree wrote: »

Thanks for the tip - may be a stupid question, but do you need an adaptor for the power supply on this model?

just a 2 pin to 3 pin adaptor plug....power supply fine.

De'Longhi Magnifica Bean to Cup Espresso/Cappuccino Maker £199

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